Pain and Guilt (i) 2011

Rone (Tyrone Wright)
born Geelong 1980; lives and works in Melbourne

Pain and Guilt (i) 2011
stencilled spray enamel and acrylic polymer emulsion on screen-printed paper
The SANDREW Collection

The technique of trompe l’oeil—which translates as ‘deceive the eye’—employed in Rone’s installations can be traced back to his early canvases and works on paper. In 2011 he designed and printed several posters that simulated mass-produced promotional bills pasted on the street.

Evolving from his own practice of paste-ups, the posters were printed in high volume on low quality paper stock. They became the ‘ground’ for works, pasted in multiple layers onto canvases and boards and prematurely aged in the studio to appear as they might if exposed to the elements on the street (effectively deceiving the eye). These works reveal this layering and ageing process, with remnants of the posters visible beneath portraits.